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This is going to be fun! I need to get Six Units to Sycamore yet as well as the various Milwaukee Road volumes. At this point I'm ready to grab whatever shows up at Summerail next year at any cost. I agree his stuff is good for the price. My favorite is America's Railroads The Second...

From my experience grain elevators and flour mills need a lot of track to be convincing, especially in the unit train era. How about putting it up on the long red tracks at the top right? The paper mill can spread out over the three tracks across the oval on the same side of the layout. The...

Three out of four of Oregon's coastal branches are embargoed at the moment. The A-Line is out of service somewhere west of St. Helens on account of a washout and lack of traffic in Astoria. In Astoria there is the aforementioned waterfront trolley and boardwalk. Also in Astoria is the old SP&S...

Railfans support their own interests and not every railfan is interested in teakettles. Just because it exists does not mean it is worth preserving, anyway.

So now that the show's over what's the impression? I have the system set to record the 2:00am showing on the DVR. I probably won't get to watch it until the weekend, however.

N scale NICTD (South Shore) cars from Sumitomo. If only they'd be operable off catenary, too!

Typical, they put the red piece of s--- on the point!

Now that they are fallen flags I will contribute some shots of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern and the Iowa, Chicago & Eastern.

And I've spotted a mistake before the show even airs. That comes out to less than ten loaded coal cars. Either they can't do their math right or they mistakenly followed a nine car local. :cry:

For sure it's the 1970s through 1980s. So many changes in the industry, and not a regular service mainline steamer in sight!

None. Any thundercab is too new for a 1970s layout.

You know, guys, there's a buy/sell/trade forum on The Gauge. It doesn't cost anything, either.

I guess I'll have to dig out my rule books and get this party started...

I have a better idea: get the book. It's worth every penny.

No. Finite dollars chasing infinite wants. In other words, something's gotta give.

So how'd it turn out?

Hey, Brakie, since this forum is so dead lately how 'bout we talk about track warrant operations?

Wow. Usually I'm the condescending jerk that scares off the n00bs. Not only am I not that person here, but I'm actually being thanked for doing something nice. This is odd. Very odd. Suck this, Trainboard! Speaking as somebody who has been here a long time, I see a marked difference in...

Not so fast, guys. While the PA leading is hard evidence they worked together the PB trailing is not. Rio Grande converted two PB units to use as steam generators because F-units were not so equipped. Compatibility isn't always a matter of locomotive builder. The brake system that railroad...

The double crossover with a diamond is very rare in North America, generally only being used in passenger terminals where space is/was at a premium. Almost every "double crossover" on the continent, and certainly every one I've seen myself, makes use of two single crossovers placed next to each...